Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new

720 ILCS 5/16A-7

from Ch. 38, par. 16A-7

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may enact a retail theft ordinance for the retail theft of property with a value of $500 or less. Requires that citations issued under the retail theft ordinance be adjudicated in a court of law. Prohibits adjudication of those citations in any administrative adjudication system of the municipality. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to apply the civil liabilities for the offense of retail theft to persons who violate a municipal retail theft ordinance. Effective immediately.

House Amendment No. 1
Provides that a municipal ordinance declaring retail theft to be unlawful does not apply in any case where the theft is of property with a full retail value in excess of $150 (rather than $500).

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/2/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
2/3/2005	House	First Reading
2/3/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/8/2005	House	Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
3/10/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
3/10/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote
3/10/2005	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000
3/11/2005	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/8/2005	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/8/2005	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/15/2005	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

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